MANSFIELD — Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner, a candidate for the court’s chief justice in November’s general election, recently participated in an e-mail interview with Richland Source reporter Grant Pepper. The two discussed a variety of issues, using some of the questions developed by author and reporter Amanda Ripley as a way of cutting […]
Grant Pepper, Staff Reporter
Three-peat: Wooster edges Ashland to claim 3rd straight OCC girls tennis title
MOUNT VERNON — Wooster sophomore Ava Mathur called herself every name in the book during the first set of Friday’s Ohio Cardinal Conference No. 1 singles championship match. Useless. Awful. Horrible. She smacked her leg and yelled to the sky. She found herself in a dark place after falling behind early against Ashland senior Audra […]
‘We don’t quit’: Northmor overcomes early deficit to dispatch East Knox
HOWARD — The Northmor Golden Knights are one of the youngest teams in the Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference. They carry just five seniors on their 51-man roster (Fredericktown, for comparison’s sake, has 14). Most of their starters are sophomores and juniors, including first-year quarterback A.J. Bower, who starred at the junior varsity level as a freshman […]
Fredericktown’s Ruhl surpasses 1,000-yard mark in key KMAC win
FREDERICKTOWN — No one in the Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference carries the ball quite like Teegan Ruhl. The Fredericktown senior is the league’s leading rusher, averaging 8.3 yards per carry through the first half of the season. He has all the physical characteristics of a phenom. He’s long, strong and athletic, listed at 6-foot-2 and 185 […]
Last-second TD propels Centerburg past Loudonville
LOUDONVILLE — Tyler Johnson remembered how it felt. He remembered that crisp, mid-October night his sophomore year. Centerburg, seeded second in the region and coming off a conference title, hosting 18-seed Loudonville in the first round of the Division VI playoffs. He remembered the anticipation that went into it – the Trojans were undefeated coming […]
Lexington sweeps Mount Vernon to conclude first round of league play
MOUNT VERNON — Lexington head coach Janelle Wyant won’t lie: the first half of this season was more difficult than most. Her team had to practice in Clear Fork’s gym for three weeks, then in the middle school gym while Lexington Local Schools completed the construction of its new junior/senior high school. Lady Lex also […]
